You might even say that dirt gets
treated like, well dirt. But gardeners know better. Gardeners give
dirt the reverence it deserves, because they know that the right
soil can make the difference between sparse, sickly plants and
thriving bumper crops.

What is dirt, and what makes some dirt superior for gardening?

The stuff we call dirt—more formally,
soil—is actually made up of two distinct types of material: minerals
(the main ingredient) and much smaller amounts of organic matter;
that is, living things and their decaying remains.